A night with Myanmar’s wizards
We go into the world of the weizza, people believed to have gained magical powers through years of meditation.
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes military attempts to crush underground rebel groups operating in big cities.
We go into the world of the weizza, people believed to have gained magical powers through years of meditation.
More than 6,000 people have been detained since the coup, and journalists are one of many groups being targeted.
![Pro-democracy protesters and a journalist run as riot police officers advance on them during a rally against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on February 27, 2021 [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-02-27T060159Z_1727122462_RC2U0M9EBT52_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Machine-gun fire, sleeping in safe houses and waking every morning anxious to find out who has been arrested overnight.
![Ali Fowle covers a protest at Sule Pagoda, Yangon on February 22, 2021 - known as the 22222 Revolution [Photo courtesy of Ali Fowle]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ali-at-the-protests-2021.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)